Senior Observability Migration Engineer (OTel, Remote)

Effecti; Municipio de Rincón de los Sauces; Remote; ARS 185,448,000 - 247,265,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

USD payments

Public holidays in Argentina

Professional development

Referral programs

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role supports fast-growing fintech clients in a global context, coordinating with US, LATAM, and international teams.

You will instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across traces, metrics, and logs, ensuring zero monitoring gaps during the transition and maintaining code quality through testing and documentation.

Qualifications

• Proficient in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts: tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Experience with cloud observability and migrating from legacy platforms.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, APIs, and YAML/JSON manifests.
• Solid software testing, debugging, and telemetry validation abilities.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation suites for telemetry accuracy.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis against OTEL outputs.
• Update dashboards and runbooks to reflect the new architecture.
• Investigate export errors and collaborate with platform engineers.
• Track progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

OTel Collector

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Tools

OTel Collector

YAML/JSON manifests

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role supports fast-growing fintech clients in a global context, coordinating with US, LATAM, and international teams.

You will instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across traces, metrics, and logs, ensuring zero monitoring gaps during the transition and maintaining code quality through testing and documentation.